Non-proctored exams will not remedy the problems of the honor system
Perhaps some students do go to college in order to train for a job that will earn them the highest income possible. But money is not the end goal for everyone.
This focus assumes not that all students must be screened by software in order to discourage them from cheating, but rather that academic dishonesty is probably the result not of bad intentions, but of students feeling desperate, like they have no other options.
We are almost certainly missing information about all University communities — not just the Greek one.
How can we expect everyone to have equal opportunity when the price of higher education is soaring, and it is so difficult to start a professional career with only a high school degree?
If the University were to make the decision to extend benefits to same-sex partners, it is unlikely that the state, run by a Governor and an Attorney General who have both stated that they support marriage equality, would try to stop it.
There is a disconnect between the young people who have the privilege of attending some of the most prestigious institutions in the country and the many employees who work in the same space, living from paycheck to paycheck.
For football and basketball players to be treated primarily as workers opens the door to neglecting academics altogether, especially if the athletes were to use this power to demand salaries.
To give a circuit court the power to reverse a decision to expel a student is to force the University to take back a student who has been determined by his peers to be unwelcome in their community.
Regardless of the alleged methodological concerns, to dismiss such significant findings is a way for UNC to avoid addressing the issue of athletes’ academic competence.
Presumably, rape occurs so frequently either because college students live in a social atmosphere that is especially conducive to sexual assault, or because universities are especially negligent in addressing the issue, allowing perpetrators to avoid punishment for their offenses.
Balanced reporting and diverse commentary, while they remain in distinctly separate spheres, together form two halves of a whole in the realm of the newspaper.
The 124th managing board, for the last time, recounts some notable numerals
When we were elected a year ago to The Cavalier Daily’s managing board — the five-person team that runs the paper — we found ourselves faced with two, maybe three, questions.
What’s alarming about the McDonnell team’s motion is that its central argument holds that the former governor’s behavior is nothing out of the ordinary. McDonnell’s actions are “routine political conduct,” the attorneys assert.
Tuesday, The Cavalier Daily kicks off a five-week campaign to raise money for new distribution boxes. We hope to raise $8,000 to purchase 75 distribution boxes to place around Grounds and Charlottesville.
While we’re glad Obama is devoting attention to college affordability, efforts to attract high-achieving low-income students cannot move in fits and starts. An adjustment in rankings methodology would make it a matter of self-interest for colleges to do more for low-income students.
The rethinking of graduation that the 2015 Class Council plans to undertake may be more than a temporary fix — it may point to how the University does Final Exercises in the future.
The court should honor its public obligation by documenting its proceedings and making those documents accessible.
Between housing, travel, food, professional clothing and other expenses—especially if the internship is in an expensive city like Tokyo or Paris—an unpaid foreign internship could cost a student five figures.
